Garnett Quotes & Sayings

Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power. — Richard B. Garnett

After the NBA and ABA merged, players could come out after high school. Still, there were only a few cases prior to Kevin Garnett coming out in 1995, so Nike and the other companies were only involved in the college game. — Sonny Vaccaro

Coaching takes patience. — Kevin Garnett

Kevin Garnett did the classic hold me back but fall away at the same time. — Jemele Hill

I learned one thing - never hate a positive option. — Kevin Garnett

Playing video games is something I enjoy in my spare time. I'm a gamer, always have been. — Kevin Garnett

It's scary when one day the city is there and the next day it's gone. To see the water actual kill people, I couldn't believe it. I never fathomed it could bury a city. — Kevin Garnett

I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. — Kevin Garnett

Timing is everything. Chemistry is something that you don't just throw in the frying pan and mix it up with another something, then throw it on top of something, then fry it up and put it in a tortilla and put in a microwave, heat it up and give it to you and expect it to taste good. You know? For those of you who can cook, y'all know what I'm talking about. If y'all can't cook, this doesn't concern you. — Kevin Garnett

It is no wonder if Art frequently prefers Illusion to Truth: for Illusion is her servant, but Truth her mistress. — Richard B. Garnett

They're really aggressive. They're like roaches on bread - you drop some on the floor and, boom, they're on it. — Kevin Garnett

So we take a lot of pride in that. It's really on us to turn this thing around. I think this last month we've done just that. We've pointed ourself in the direction that we want to be, and I think we're starting to head towards that. Right now we're in a nice rhythm. — Kevin Garnett

Sometimes when I hear commentating, it's sickening. People who never played the game, people who never played in the league have an opinion, and that's all it is. You are here to educate the watcher or the viewer. Sometimes it comes off as personal. — Kevin Garnett

Coaching takes patience. I'm more enthused when teaching players who want it versus when I have to. — Kevin Garnett

Wonderful or supernatural events are not so uncommon, rather they are irregular in their incidence. Thus there may be not one marvel to speak of in a century, and then often enough comes a plentiful crop of them; monsters of all sorts swarm suddenly upon the earth, comets blaze in the sky, eclipses frighten nature, meteors fall in rain, while mermaids and sirens beguile, and sea serpents engulf every passing ship, and terrible cataclysms beset humanity. — David Garnett

I have a problem sometimes with being too hyper. — Kevin Garnett

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can. — Kevin Garnett

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way. — Kevin Garnett

The beautiful thing about when you go through a slide is that you learn from it. Not just saying that you learn from it, but applying the things that you have learned. — Kevin Garnett

We have to do the impossible, but it is possible. — Kevin Garnett

... you know what was really messing me up when I got down there to Pittsburgh? Was how young he seemed. He kept asking me things like what did I think of Kanye West's music, and did I think he should hold on to Kevin Garnett in this fantasy basketball league he was in or trade him. And how he wasn't just in this league; he was commissioner of it. Like that was some big mark of distinction: commissioner of make-believe. And I wanted to slam him, one-handed, against the wall, the way he used to do to me, and scream in his face, 'Stop it! Act your age!' ... I didn't do it, though. I wanted to, but I couldn't. 'Honor thy father,' you know what I'm saying? So instead, I grabbed my car keys, got out of there, and took off. It was messing with my head, you know? You get out of there alive, more or less, wait for your father to come see you at the hospital you're stuck at, and when you finally go to see him, he's younger than you are. — Wally Lamb

Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God. — Richard B. Garnett

I'm like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. If I'm not ready, the sled isn't going to go. — Kevin Garnett

The populist zeal to seek revenge on those who make a lot of money is targeted almost exclusively at corporations. I haven't heard outcries about Hollywood actors who make millions per film, even when those movies are a bust at the box office and the talent at issue has none. There's no outrage over athletes like New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's $33 million salary or Celtic power forward Kevin Garnett's $25 million. Nor should there be. These are exceptionally talented individuals whose teams' owners think they're worth every penny. — Linda Chavez

Kev has these old Boston drills, where you all have to talk to each other, and interact, and it's helped us. — Kevin Garnett

Flip's a player's coach, and I do know one thing, he motivates better than anybody I know. His system is very oriented around the point guard. He and Steph (Marbury) had a great relationship when Steph was in Minnesota. — Kevin Garnett

Would the atheist continue such, let him beware how he admits Love into his breast: for God will surely come along with him. — Richard B. Garnett

I'm not a star, man. If a guy came in here and shot you and shot me, we'd both be two dead people. You understand? — Kevin Garnett

Every one of her foxey ways was now so absolutely precious to him that I believe that if he had known for certain she was dead, and had thoughts of marrying a second time, he would never have been happy with a woman. No, indeed, he would have been more tempted to get himself a tame fox, and would have counted that as good a marriage as he could make. — David Garnett

Love is wont to visit Man in the company of Desire; but Woman by himself. — Richard B. Garnett

Performance is something we all strive to be better at. I'm no different than that. Who wants to look bad? — Kevin Garnett

Passion is Love's blind guide, but the only one he hath. — Richard B. Garnett

Going from Flip to Kev, obviously you don't want to see someone ever lose their job. For me it's probably a little more difficult, because other than Bill Blair, Flip is all I knew. — Kevin Garnett

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did. — Kevin Garnett

Wail not too wildly for expiring Love: The Love that dies was never quite alive. — Richard B. Garnett

I'm not someone who is going to give in to a lot of pressure. I've always understood that everything is not always going to be good. — Kevin Garnett

The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do. I take a lot of pride in my craft, I work really hard at my craft everyday, and I'm a true professional. — Kevin Garnett

I'm a Lakers fan. Kevin Garnett is my favorite player of all time because of his passion for the game. — Rahim Moore

The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate. — Kevin Garnett

Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World. — Richard B. Garnett

I've modeled my game after Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan. — Chris Bosh

You want me to lie for you?" Aidan asked, watching them.
"Believe in me, the way you did in my mama."
Aidan wheezed and sputtered. What did she know 'bout him and Miz Garnett?
"Please." She sounded like a young gal and a grown woman too. "Believe in me."
"That's the most a person can do for another," Aidan said.
"I believe in you too. — Andrea Hairston

Anyway, it was Oscar who called me to remind me that our nephew, Lydia's son Garnett, was turning eleven years old. Fuck my life. I hated that kid. He smelled like asparagus, and he sweated way too much for a healthy child; but then Garnett, given his propensity for biting teachers and catching chipmunks in the backyard only to bury them alive, was no normal kid. He was a case study for sociopathic behavior in the making. A walking, talking, farting, sweaty, odorous, chipmunk-burying cry for help. — Richard J. O'Brien

I can't control if people like me; I can't control if people like my game. — Kevin Garnett

Besides, there is perhaps nothing so effective as the monotony of provincial town life in the Andes for suffocating ideals and creativity. — Miguel Garnett Johnson

I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that. — Shaquille O'Neal

Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile. — A.A. Gill

Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable'. — Chip Kidd

And you came over to make sure I was all right, is that what you're telling me? You cam over here with your shotgun to protect me from my scarecrow?"
"I had to," Garnett said, spreading his hands, throwing himself on her mercy. " I didn't care for the way Buddy was looking at you in your short pants. — Barbara Kingsolver

Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy. — Richard B. Garnett

Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance. — Richard B. Garnett

I don't play to sweat, I play to win. — Kevin Garnett

I've tried to tell the truth. But I would say that, wouldn't I? In any case it has to be my truth. What other truth could I possibly know? — Tony Garnett

Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion. — Richard B. Garnett

Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It's a hell of a mix. If you're ever tired in the morning, just try that mix, and tell me what you think. — Kevin Garnett

Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul. — Richard B. Garnett

Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back. — Richard B. Garnett

I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process. — Kevin Garnett

As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word. — Richard B. Garnett

Some of my friends snowmobile. I'm a little scared of it. — Kevin Garnett

People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The have a really good basketball team. — Oscar Robertson

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA. — Kevin Garnett

In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist. — Richard B. Garnett

Paternalistic is a very good word. They think they have to look out for these guys? Don't worry about it. Why? Because of history. Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant. They did okay. — Sonny Vaccaro

They say no matter how hard you work, there's always someone, somewhere working harder then you. Guess what.. I'm that someone — Kevin Garnett

This is it. It's for all the marbles. I'm sitting in the house loading up the pump, I'm loading up the Uzis, I've got a couple of M-16s, couple of nines, couple of joints with some silencers on them, couple of grenades, got a missile launcher. I'm ready for war. — Kevin Garnett

If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away. — Richard B. Garnett

Childhood is played out in a foreign language and our memory of it is a Constance Garnett translation. — Rabih Alameddine

I want to be known as the best teammate ever. — Kevin Garnett

How would you even begin to make a hush puppy, what in the world was in one? Nothing to do with a puppy, surely. Garnett had long known, though he didn't much like to admit it, that God's world and the better part of daily life were full of mysteries known only to women. — Barbara Kingsolver

The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love. — Richard B. Garnett

He couldn't begin his morning writing session until his writing implements and the bric-a-brac on his desk (including an indispensable figurine of two frogs dueling with swords) were perfectly disposed, but in thirty-five years of writing to deadline - all his novels were written as weekly or monthly serials - he missed a deadline only once, and then only because he was stunned by Mary Hogarth's death. — Robert Garnett

I would love to see Flip get back into the league. I think he can definitely still coach in this league. I think he will be in this league quicker than sooner. — Kevin Garnett

Emerson died April 27, 1882, after a few days' illness from pneumonia. Dr. Garnett in his excellent biography says: Seldom had 'the reaper whose name is Death' gathered such illustrious harvest as between December 1880 and April 1882. — Anonymous

Poor thing, thought Garnett, to have to commit yourself so hard to one moment of poor judgment. — Barbara Kingsolver

There are a lot of things that frustrate me. I get frustrated when I have to wait at a red light. — Kevin Garnett

'Modern Warfare,' 'Black Ops,' these are all the next level of video games. The people are more detailed, the fighting is more exact, and I can't speak for every gamer out there, but I know when I play, I feel like I'm actually in the game. It's that intense. — Kevin Garnett

I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms. — Kevin Garnett

We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves. — Kevin Garnett

I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me. — Kevin Garnett

Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game. — Bill Walton

I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be good at what I do, um, and look back upon these days of playing in the NBA. — Kevin Garnett